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Hal-an ex-student of Catherine's late father who was a brilliant mathematician with a receding mind, has found a very important proof that would revolutionize the world of mathematics in Catherine's father's study. Catherine says that she wrote the proof herself, but Hal and her sister Claire did not believe she could have. However Hal took the proof to some professors at the University, and tells Catherine that he believes her. However Catherine, who invested herself emotionally in Hal, is deeply hurt.